Joël Van Hoolandt — Fractional CTO | Magma Consulting

KPMG International is publishing some interesting perspectives about adopting cloud computing solutions (what are the risks, the benefits, the financial impact etc.) Embracing the Cloud | KPMG | GLOBAL

The KPMG Talking Shop is a collection of short films in which KPMG experts provide their thoughts and opinions on how various issues or sectors are likely to develop.

The next year in tech will be all about building connections between PC and post-PC devices, whether phones, tablets, game consoles, e-readers or next-gen SmartRoombas. They’ll be connections without cords, built on shared interfaces, proximity-based communication, and storage, syncing and computing infrastructure increasingly shifted to the cloud. That’s what Tuesday’s release of OS X Lion is all about: building on the App Store and iCloud. That’s what Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows 8 is all about: building on unified IDs on everything from Windows Phone 7 to Office to Xbox and Skype. And I’m going to convince you that this is even what Google+ is really all about. You can see this already in Google+’s mobile apps for Android and iOS; we’ll see it more as Google continues to integrate more of its web properties into the social network. Read further Tim's article on Wired web site

Ownership of e-readers is exploding, according to a survey by Pew Internet Research . Over the past six months, ownership of e-readers such as the Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook has grown from 6% to 12% of U.S. adults. E-readers are more popular than tablets devices such as the iPad or various Android slates like the Samsung Galaxy Tab which are owned by 8% of U.S. adults. More info, read here

If you're interested to get a fresh view on what's knowledge management, just watch this video. It's an interview of Larry Lucardie, CEO of Knowledge Values.

Looking for a knowledge management conference in Europe? Then, save the date for this yearly european conference. 12th European Conference on Knowledge Management - ECKM 2011 University of Passau, Germany 1-2 September 2011 Conference Chair: Prof. Dr. Franz Lehner, University of Passau, Germany Programme Chair: Prof. Dr. Klaus Bredl University of Augsburg, Germany The conference will be located almost exactly at the geographic centre of Europe. Passau is close to the metropolitan area of Munich. According to a statement attributed to Alexander von Humboldt, Passau is referred to as one of the seven most beautiful towns of the world. Passau is spectacularly located at the confluence of three rivers, one of them being the river Danube, the second longest river of Europe.